Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
31.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 475 Watt
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 14208
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 14208
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7440 vs 3713
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7440 vs 3713
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3359
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs Dec 2019
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 475 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379 vs 14208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379 vs 14208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1574 MHz vs 1296 MHz
585.1x more pipelines: 8192 vs 14
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 98389 vs 39205

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1574 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines	8192 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	98389 vs 39205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39205

98389

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

14208

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

14208

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3359

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo
Geekbench - OpenCL	39205	98389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379	14208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379	14208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark		917
PassMark - G3D Mark		15977

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	Dec 2019
Place in performance rating	156	160
Architecture		GCN 5.1
Code name		Vega 20
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1574 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS	14.09 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14	8192
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	475 Watt
Boost clock speed		1720 MHz
Compute units		64
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		880.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		28.18 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		110.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		440.3 GTexel/s
Transistor count		13230 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	825.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	4096 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount		64 GB
Memory clock speed		1612 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)		850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.4
Vulkan
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)